The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-19
goFFMAN HOUSE EXCITEMENT.
Tom Ochiltree's Appointment as POST
master Causes Perturbation.
From The NeW YORK. Evening SlsI'-

master Causes Perturbation.
From the Netc York Evening sur
At precisely 5.45 yesterday afternoon
tall man with sad expression whispered
gloomily in the ear of Prof. Billy Edwards,
whom he found examining his PINK fnser
nails in the Hoffman art gallery.
mo, by my stars, you don't say So" Salo
Prof Edwards, with manner of surprise,
and then he added: 'Well, heard some OF
the gents say that he was going over TO 1ne
Democrats. )" -.
In less than ten minutes it was all over
the Hoffman House, and had oeen "al1eu l
on the quick wing OF gossip to Dwight Law
renee, who was keeping sofa warm III the
Fifth avenue lobby. Cleveland has APP
pointed Tom Ochiltree postmaster" that
was the story.
Mr., Lawrence assumed his reflective
mood He had been expecting TO hear that
Tom Ochiltree had gone over; but he didn
| think anything short Of the New York posi-
| Office or Consul to Cork would buy him.
Mr. Lawrence shook his head sadly as he re-
| Elected that where Tom Ochiltree led others
would follow.
At the tables in the Hoffman House
nothing else was thought of. Justice
| Powers was not surprised that OchItree mac
gone over to the Democracy, but shlvered
when he heard that he had taken petty
post Office. kilograms began to pour IN.
| They asked if it was true that Tom Ochli-
| tree had accepted an office from Cleveland,
and no doubt it was this news which caused
| Dorman B. Eaton to walk pensively down
Broadway, shaking his head and mutterlng
to himself.
Mr.. Ochiltree himself was nowhere to be
found. He was either at the races OF the
ball game. When the ticker announct;d
that the New Yorks were beaten the clerk
informed the crowd that had gathered that
Tom was at the races sure. Inc new
| Yorks never lost game when he smiled
upon them.
Later in the evening the Hon. Thomas
| Prognosis Ochiltree stroled into the HoH-
man House A telegram was thrust lnto
his hand and he tore it open. 1t asked IL
he had been appointed postmaster of Rush
Vile Mr. Ochiltree thought it was Joke
He even suspected when his friends thronged
about him and piled him with inquiries that
it was one of Adonis Dixey's tricks. But
when dispatch from Washington an
nounced that the report was true, and that
Tom Ochiltree had just been appointed
postmaster of Rushville by President Cleve-
land, Mr.. Ochiltree was puzzled
With q throng of friends about him as he
sat at the head of table, Mr.. Ochiltree en-
phatically denied all knowledge OF the ap-
pointment His friends smiled dry smile.
| Mr. Ochiltree insisted that no office was
there which he would accept Here Jake
Hess slyly nudged the ex-wicked Senator
Gibbs. Some of Mr. Ochiltrees friends
urged him to decline. The clerk OF the
Hoffman seemed to weep, and Prof. Ed
wards looked as he might If Sam Collyer
had whipped him.
Bets were offered that Ochiltree would go
on the stump next fall for Cleveland. ODDS
were accepted that the appointment was
only temporary and that he was booked for
something higher. MI Ochiltree was him.
self so perplexed that he forgot his engage
ment for billiards.
Yes. sir. Itappears to be fact that the
President has appointed either me or some
body of my name TO the post office ia the
great city of Rushville," Mr.. Ochiltree said
refectively. But do you suppose for a
moment could take that Officer When
step politically step up, not down. AS
once said to the Juke of Cambridge, as we
were riding Hyde Park together, 'Juke,
said l. 4 have been Marshal of Texas j
know it. says ne. L have represented the
Galveston district in Congress, and that
borders on Palestine. L know it, Tom,
says he. And I've had enough says l
You might go higher, Tom, says he Blu
| won't says |, and | meant it when ! saic
it to the Juke and ] mean it now. | won't
have the Office didn't ask for it, and ne
doubt Reagan, who wants to get me int
the Democratic party, put the President
up to it, What, l who have dined witt
kings serve as postmaster at Rushville! You
may say decline"
When this decision of the Hon. Thomas
was announced bottles were cracked and
Prof Edwards smiled.
Later there came another dispatch saying
that the Tom Ochiltree appointed Post
master at Nashville is not Thomas, know
as Thomas Porterhouse, or Prettyman. oi
Prognosis, but Thomas NJ Ochiltree. Whel
this dispatch was shown to Mr.. Ochitree h
went off and played billiards, and the ex
element at the Hoffman subsidized.